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Walking down a set of rusting stairs, under a crumbling ceiling, along a debris-strewn platform and past a ruined control room, Wynton Habersham finally arrived at the most devastated part of the South Ferry subway station: A room full of electrical equipment, corroding from the effects of almost 15 million gallons of salt water that flooded it during Superstorm Sandy.

It takes a lot to turn a modern railroad back into a 19th century operation&mdash;but, about four feet of salt water, mounds of storm-driven sand, sustained high winds and the absence of electrical controls did just that.